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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. P. R. HAYDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,534, dated January 11, 1853.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER P. R. HAYDEN, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a partot this specicatio-n, in which- Figure 1, is a front viewof the body of the buckle, the tongue being removed. Fig. 2, is a frontview of the ent-ire buckle. Fig. 3, is a section of the buckle, Y, Y,Fig. 2, being the line of section. Fig. 4, is a View of the lower partof the buckle, the lower part ot the tongue being bisected as indicatedby the line X, Fig. 3.

i Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ofthe several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar manner of uniting orconnecting the two ends of the body of the buckle together, viz., bymeans of a boss formed at each of the ends of the body, said bossesbeing in contact with each other and forming a bulb around which one endof the tongue is clasped, the end of the tongue which surrounds the bulbhaving a recess or groove in it in order to prevent the tongue fromslipping o of the bulb.

By this arrangement the two ends of the body of the buckle are firmlysecured together by the tongue, and the tongue always kept in its properplace.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct buckles on my improvedplan I will proceed to describe fully the mode of construction.

A, represents the body of the buckle formed of a single piece of wire,the wire being bent in the required shape and the two ends having each aboss (a) upon them, said bosses when in contact forming a bulb, as seenin Fig. 1.

B, is the tongue one end of which (b) is bent around the bulb on twobosses (a) (a) The end (b) ot the tongue which clasps the bulb has agroove or recess in its inner surface which conforms to the conveXity ofthe bulb and keeps the bosses (a) (a) firmly together. See Figs. 3 and4.

Buckles constructed upon my improved plan are equally strong as bucklesconstructed in the usual way. The tongue cannot get out of its properplace which is at the center ot' the body, neither can the ends of thewire be separated by any strain upon the buckle, because the end (b) ofthe tongue binds them firmly together.

Many buckles are constructed of malleable iron but those arecomparatively expensive as the bodies require smoothing which consumestime, and the material is costly. Buckles are also constructed of wirehaving the ends of their bodies brazed together, but this also requirestime and they cannot be made to compete in price with those constructedon my plan. Iron buckles have the ends of their bodies welded together.This of course is equally expensive as bra'Zing. Other buckles againhave not their ends united in any way, the ends being merely brought inContact. Buckles of this style of course cannot bear much strain, a sidepull or strain distending or straightening out the body, they can bemade cheap but they are rather a worthless article.

I do not maintain that my improved buckle answers any better purposethan the welded, cast, or brazed buckle. But they can be made for abouttwenty five or thirty per cent. cheaper and at the same time are equallyas strong and durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, yand desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Constructing the buckle in the manner substantially as herein shown anddescribed, viz, by uniting or connecting the two ends of the body A, ofthe buckle by means of a boss (a) formed at each of the two ends ofbody, said bosses being in contact with each other and forming a bulbaround which one end (b) of the tongue B, is clasped, the end (b) of thetongue which surrounds the bulb having a recess or groove in its innersurface which conforms to the conveXity of the bulb and keeps or bindsthe bosses firmly togethler and also keeps the tongue in its properplace.

P. P. R. HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

Gro. W. BEARDsLEE,

S. WALLS.

